‘How we lost our crops to suspected herdsmen in Ondo’

A couple, who retired from the Ondo State Civil Service and went into agriculture, Mr and Mrs Igbekele Olukolade, are counting their losses after an attack on their farm at Ilado-Aladiye by suspected Fulani herdsmen.

The five-hectare farm is located near Chief Olu Falae’s farm, which was razed last Sunday by suspected herdsmen.

Grown in the farm are palm trees, cassava, coco yams, maize and other crops.

Cows reportedly destroyed the plantation, their dungs littering the place.

Recounting his ordeal to The Nation correspondent, Olukolade who retired in 1993, said: “The incident was shocking, it happened last Sunday around the same time Chief Falae’s farm was set on fire in the same vicinity.

The Nation, January 26, 2018

 

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